Cigar bulge/split

[F.T. Pulver]

My humidifier has been reading from 60-65ish after I calibrated it with the salt test. I seasoned my humidor as per the instructions, and let it sit for a couple days with the humidifier in it to stabilize. The cigars that are in it were out of a humidor for about 4 days during shipping. They were in a ziplock bag with no humidifier. Could this have caused it?

How long did you let the cigars sit in your humidor before you smoked it?

No telling how the vendor stored the cigar, but the rule of thumb for me is about 30 days in ideal conditions before smoking. The longer a cigar was improperly stored, the longer is has to sit before it's ready to smoke.

I once bought a box of 4 year old cigars and I had to let them sit for about 8 months before they were ready to smoke. You never know.

[reaganyouth84]

I had the same thing happen to me not too long ago. It was because I had over saturated the cigar with saliva while I was smoking it. So yeah, moisture did it.

-Mike

[SuperChuck]

I had the same thing happen to me not too long ago. It was because I had over saturated the cigar with saliva while I was smoking it. So yeah, moisture did it.

-Mike

WTF were you doing to the poor cigar?

[bigpoppapuff]

the cigar,no doubt,was just laying back and enjoying what was going on.......

[F.T. Pulver]

I had the same thing happen to me not too long ago. It was because I had over saturated the cigar with saliva while I was smoking it. So yeah, moisture did it.

-Mike

Maybe you otta change your handle to Clintonyouth...

[reaganyouth84]

I was outside working on my car so I was holding it in my mouth the whole time. I didn't have a free hand to hold the cigar. So the saliva built up in my mouth a couple of times and got into the cigar.

-Mike

[bigpoppapuff]

yeah,sure!!....

[reaganyouth84]

yeah,sure!!....

lol, you caught me BPP.

-Mike

[drew_goring]

How long did you let the cigars sit in your humidor before you smoked it?

No telling how the vendor stored the cigar, but the rule of thumb for me is about 30 days in ideal conditions before smoking. The longer a cigar was improperly stored, the longer is has to sit before it's ready to smoke.

I once bought a box of 4 year old cigars and I had to let them sit for about 8 months before they were ready to smoke. You never know.

I just got it with a bunch from a friend who shipped them to me. I had it sitting in my humidor for about two weeks before I took it out. The thing is I smoked a different size of the Leon Jimenes (longer and thinner) a few days previous and had absolutely no issuses with it. I'm just going to let them sit until I get my heartfelt humidifier and then see if that solves the problem.